Many people grow up hearing the same warning: One decision can change your life. It’s a phrase often repeated, sometimes ignored, and rarely fully understood—until reality proves just how true it can be. For one teenager, that reality became impossible to escape. A Life That Once Felt NormalBefore everything changed, he was like many others his age. A student. A friend. A young person with plans, routines, and expectations for the future. Nothing about his early life suggested that his name would one day be associated with a courtroom, a life-altering sentence, and a national conversation. He wasn’t defined by...
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